Society for the Protection and Assistance of Socially Disadvantaged Individuals (SPASDI) along with Halièus and other associates organized the Final Capitalization Conference of the SPRING on 19th January 2021. The virtual conference represented an...
The ICA 33rd World Cooperative Congress will be held in Seoul, the Republic of Korea and online from 1st to 3rd December 2021.
The theme for the Congress is, “Deepening our Cooperative Identity” to strengthen the cooperative movement’s role in...
Garry Cronan, Cooperative Strategist, Policy Specialist, Cooperative Business Researcher
Cooperatives define themselves through a set of agreed values and principles. One of the key roles of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) is to act as...
Professor Akira Kurimoto, Chair ICA-AP Research Committee and Member ICA Committee for Cooperative Research
Need for Cooperative Identity
We witness the growing inequality, political and social divides, while we are threatened by the...
Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific Region
Balasubramanian Iyer, Regional Director, ICA-AP
The 33rd ICA World Cooperative Congress in December 2021 with the theme, Deepening the Cooperative Identity, will celebrate and deepen the understanding of...
The ICA and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of the Government of Japan, Tokyo signed an agreement for the implementation of the “Capacity Building Project for Farmers’ Organizations to Support the Development of Food Value...
NFUCA Appoints New MD & CEO- Mr. Ichiro Nakamori
Mr. Ichiro Nakamori officially replaced Mr. Shinichi Maita's as the Managing Director and CEO of the National Federation of University Cooperatives Associaton (NFUCA), Japan on 19th December 2020. Mr...
The 2020 issue of the World Cooperative Monitor (WCM) exploring the economic and social impact of the largest cooperatives and mutuals worldwide, was launched on 20th January 2021. The virtual event was attended by over 200 participants from around the...